free trade

Sep 12, 20226 min read

After 11 years of resistance, injured GM workers still awaiting a response from the United States

By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On August 2, 2011, the Association of Injured and Former Workers of General Motors Colmotores (ASOTRECOL) set up a...

Jun 23, 20226 min read

Colombia Presidential Elections 2022 - Runoff for the Government of Life

By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On June 19, 2022, for the first time in its contemporary history, Colombia makes a government shift to the...

Mar 17, 20213 min read

Naya River Reportback

The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective Colombia team shares their experiences in the Naya River.

Feb 5, 20202 min read

A Pocket of Resistance in Colombia's Countryside: Campesino Alternatives in Northern Cauca

Last week, our Colombia International Team, along with New England regional organizer Lee Schlenker, accompanied Leider Valencia of COCCAM

Aug 14, 20153 min read

“Our wish is that the US see us as equals:” A Q&A with Comité Cerezo (Mexico)

1. 21 years after NAFTA went into effect, neoliberalism is still making inroads (is alive and well) in Mexico. Over the last year or so,...

Apr 7, 20146 min read

The Impact of the TPP, Part One / El Impacto del TPP, Primera Parte

Español abajo Josh Wise, Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition For nearly five years now, government bureaucrats and lobbyists on both sides of...

Apr 4, 20148 min read

Free Trade: A Primer / Fundamentos de Libre Comercio

Español abajo Margaret Boehme, WfP Colombia Team What does Free Trade mean, exactly? According to The Economist Magazine, it’s “the...

Apr 2, 20144 min read

The Reality of Free Trade in Mexico

by Sophie Nikitas The Mayans had a myth to explain the creation of humans: the gods tried three times to make the first human. The first...

Apr 1, 20143 min read

The Human Face (and Price) of Trade

The Witness blog series is back! This month, Witness for Peace, in close collaboration with coalition partners in the United States and...

Nov 6, 20131 min read

“Immigration Problem”

Spoken word by Hillary Watson (delegate of a WfP delegation in Colombia) about U.S policy with Latin America and the consequent...

Aug 13, 201211 min read

Labor Action Plan Monitoring Report

This is a Labor Action Plan Monitoring report done by Witness for Peace delegates and International Team this past July. It includes the...

Aug 3, 20123 min read

Fired GM Workers Commemorate Protest’s Anniversary with Hunger Strike

By Austin Robles WFP Colombia Minutes before he started to sew his mouth shut, Jorge Parra explained his rationale to me: “Essentially GM...

Jun 26, 20125 min read

U.S. Threatens to Cut All Aid to Nicaragua

By: Christine Goffredo WFP Nicaragua Team Member Many people in the U.S. know about Nicaragua from the Sandinista revolution in the...

Jun 18, 20124 min read

Obama’s New Immigration Directive a Positive Step, But Not Enough

By Carlin Christy, WFP Mexico and Tony Macias former WFP Mexico Team Member A new policy move by President Obama and the Department of...

May 21, 20123 min read

Car Bomb Explodes in Bogotá as Trade Accord Begins

By Austin Robles, WFP Colombia When I left the United States to do human rights work in Colombia, I knew the risks of entering the...

Apr 18, 20121 min read

Voices from the People’s Summit

By WFP Colombia Team As Presidents from across the Americas were getting set to gather for the Summit of the Americas April 14-15, social...

Apr 16, 20121 min read

An Open Letter to Secretary Solis from a Union Member

This is an open letter to Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis from union member and Witness for Peace board member John Walsh. It comes after...

Apr 11, 20123 min read

General Motors in Colombia: the Free Trade Agreement, the Abuses, the Corruption and the Resistance

Jorge Parra, the President of the Association of Sick and Fired Workers Of General Motors Colombia (ASOTRECOL in Spanish), started his...

Apr 2, 20121 min read

The Summit of the People

by the Witness for Peace Colombia team In the video below, Witness for Peace gives a preview of the Summit of the People, a...

Jan 6, 20124 min read

Honduras: “Libertarians” Model Cities and the Resurrection of William Walker

Written by OFRANEH (Organizacion Fraternal Negra Hondureña) and posted on January 4, 2012. Translated into English by the Witness for...

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